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Jerry Hirsch
Born
Jerome Hirsch

(1922-09-20)September 20, 1922
New York City, New York, United States
DiedMay 3, 2008(2008-05-03) (aged 85)
Urbana, Illinois, United States
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationJohns Hopkins University (1938-1940)
University of Paris (1949-1950)
University of California, Berkeley (1950-1952, B.A. Psychology)
University of California, Berkeley (1952-1955, Ph.D. Psychology)
Known forGenetic analyses of Drosophila melanogaster for taxes
SpouseMarjorie (Barrie) Hirsch
ChildrenWesley Hirsch
AwardsOfficier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1994)[1];
Behavior Genetics Association Dobzhansky Award (2006)[2]
Scientific career
FieldsBehavior genetics, zoology, experimental psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign (1960-2008)
Columbia University (1956-1960)
Thesis The Determinants of Learning Without Awareness  (1955)
Doctoral advisorLeo J. Postman
Other academic advisorsRobert C. Tryon, Edward C. Tolman, Curt Stern

Jerome Hirsch (September 20, 1922–May 3. 2008) was an American psychologist and a pioneer in the field of behavior genetics. His early research on geotaxis in Drosophila melanogaster initiated the use of quantitative genetic analyses into the scientific study of behavior. He served as president of the Animal Behavior Society, was instrumental in the founding of the Behavior Genetics Association, and was the Editor of the Journal of Comparative Psychology and the American Editor of Animal Behaviour. Late in his career, he became involved in research that identified XXXX. In 2006, the Behavior Genetics Association presented him with the Dobzhansky Award for significant lifetime contributions to behavior genetics. Throughout his career, Hirsch was a forthright critic of those making claims about the genetic provenance of group differences in complex traits such as intelligence..


Biography[edit]

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Early Life and Education[edit]

Hirsch’s parents were Samuel M. Hirsch and Molly Hirsch (neé Barnett). His father was born in Romania and immigrated to the United States soon after 1900. His mother was born in New York City. Samuel and Molly married in 1916, gave birth to Ruth in 1917, and then to Jerry in 1922.

Hirsch attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School from 1934 to 1938. He then studied at Johns Hopkins University for two years. In 1940, he returned to New York to work at his father’s company, left in 1942 to serve in the United States Army Air Corps, and then returned in 1943 to again work in the family business.

In 1949, Hirsch matriculated at the University of Paris to study psychology. While there, he met Marjorie (Marge) Barrie, an American who was studying at the Sorbonne. They married on July 27, 1950, in Paris, and then returned to the United States, where Jerry had been accepted to the University of California, Berkeley. He attained the B.A. degree (with highest honors) in 1952, and then immediately entered graduate school at UC-Berkeley. During that time, Marge also enrolled there and eventually graduated with a degree in French Studies.

In graduate school, Hirsch was mentored by several prominent researchers. In psychology, he worked closely with Leo Postman (who chaired his doctoral dissertation committee), Edward C. Tolman, and Robert Tryon. In genetics, he was taught by Curt Stern. Although his .... [PUT SOME DETAILS HERE] He attained the Ph.D. degree in 1955.

Jerry and Marge gave birth to their only child, Wesley, in 1956.

Scientific Career[edit]

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Early Work[edit]

Edward C. Tolman and his student, Robert Tryon,

Postman

Geotaxis[edit]

Geotaxis (now called gravitaxis ) Origins

Hybrid analyses

Chromosomal substitutions [8]

cDNA microarrays and single-gene mutants [8][9][10]

Dipteran Learning[edit]

Hirsch and Benzer

Behavior Genetics Association[edit]

Hirsch hosted the organizational meeting at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign on March 30, 1970. [11][12]

International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society[edit]

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Editorial activities[edit]

American Editor of Animal Behaviour (1968–1972) and the Journal of Comparative Psychology (1983-1988)

Editor of the 1967 book, Behavior-Genetic Analysis [14] (TALK ABOUT INFLUENCE OF THIS BOOK)

Controversies (NEED BETTER TITLE)[edit]

Raymond Cattell

Arthur Jensen

J. Philippe Rushton

Effects on reputation:

[quote]Despite his centrality in the field’s early years, behavior geneticists came to ignore him as his critiques became increasingly strident of Jensen, his allies, and the field generally for adopting aspects of Jensen’s agenda…. [E]ventually many behavior geneticists would no longer recognize his work as part of behavior genetics, though it had not changed substantively.[13]: 118 [/quote]

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Significant publications[edit]

The following references provide a sample of the range of scientific and social issues that Hirsch addressed during his career.

Hirsch, Jerry; Tryon, Robert C. (1956). "Mass screening and reliable individual measurement in the experimental behavior genetics of lower organisms". Psychological bulletin. 53 (5): 402–410. doi:10.1037/h0040715. PMID 13359596.

Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L.; Hirsch, J.; Weiss, J. M. (1962). "Studies in experimental behavior genetics: III. Selection and hybridization analyses of individual differences in the sign of geotaxis". Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 55 (5): 722-xxx. doi:10.1037/h0042089.

Hirsch, Jerry (1963). "Behavior genetics and individuality understood". Science. 142 (3598): 1436–1442. doi:10.1126/science.142.3598.1436.

Hirsch, Jerry, ed. (1967). Behavior-genetic analysis. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0070290396.

Hirsch, Jerry (1975). "Jensenism: The Bankruptcy of "Science" Without Scholarship". Educational Theory. 25 (1): 3–27. doi:10.1111/j.1741-5446.1975.tb00663.x.

Hirsch, Jerry (1997). "Some history of heredity-vs-environment, genetic inferiority at Harvard(?), and the (incredible) Bell Curve". Genetica. 99 (2–3): 207–224. doi:10.1007/BF02259524.

Toma, Daniel P.; White, Kevin P.; Hirsch, Jerry; Greenspan, Ralph J. (2002). "Identification of genes involved in Drosophila melanogaster geotaxis, a complex behavioral trait" (PDF). Nature genetics. 31 (4): 349–353. doi:10.1038/ng893. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

Honors and awards[edit]

1987: Doctorat Honoris Causa, Université Paris 5 René Descartes, France (1987)

1994: Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques, which is presented by the French Ministry of National Education to academics who have made major contributions to French education and culture.[1]

2006: Behavior Genetics Association Dobzhansky Award, which recognizes senior researchers who have made “outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of behavior genetics.”[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Roubertoux, Pierre L (2008). "Jerry Hirsch (20 September 1922–3 May 2008): A Tribute". Behavior genetics. 38 (6): 561–564. doi:10.1007/s10519-008-9231-2. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b Stallings, Michael C. (2006). "Awards presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, June 24, 2006, Storrs, Connecticut, USA". Behavior Genetics. 36 (6): 951. doi:10.1007/s10519-006-9102-7.
  3. ^ "Jerome Hirsch [Obituary]". The News-Gazette [Champaign, IL]. The News-Gazette, Inc. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  4. ^ Wahlsten, D. (2008). "Obituary: Jerry Hirsch (1922–2008)". Genes, Brain and Behavior. 7: 833–834. doi:10.1111/j.1601-183X.2008.00437.x. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. ^ Sheehy, Noel; Chapman, Antony J.; Conroy, Wendy, eds. (2002). Biographical Dictionary of Psychology. New York, NY: Routledge. pp. 276–277. ISBN 978-0415285612.
  6. ^ Greenspan, Ralph J. (2008). "The origins of behavioral genetics" (PDF). Current Biology. 18 (5): R192–R198. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  7. ^ Schein, Martin W. "History of the Society: A Guide to the Records of the Animal Behavior Society (1965-1993)". Animal Behavior Society. Animal Behavior Society. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  8. ^ a b Beckingham, Kathleen M.; Texada, Michael J.; Baker, Dean A.; Munjaal, Ravi; Armstrong, J. Douglas (2005). "Genetics of graviperception in animals". Advances in genetics. 55: 105–145. doi:10.1016/S0065-2660(05)55004-1.
  9. ^ Williams, R. W.; Dubnau, J.; Enoch, M.-A.; et al. (2002). "Hot topics in behavioral and neural genetics". Genes, Brain and Behavior. 1 (2): 117–130. doi:10.1034/j.1601-183X.2002.10207.x. Retrieved 15 August 2015. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last4= (help)
  10. ^ de Belle, J. Steven (2002). "Unifying the genetics of behavior" (PDF). Nature Genetics. 31 (4): 329–330. doi:10.1038/ng915. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  11. ^ Osborne, Richard H.; Osborne, Barbara T. (1999). "The founding of the behavior genetics association, 1966–1971". Social Biology. 46 (3–4): 207–218.
  12. ^ Gottesman, Irving I. (2008). "Milestones in the history of behavioral genetics: Participant observer" (PDF). Acta Psychologica Sinica. 40 (10): 1042–1050. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2008.01042. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  13. ^ a b Panofsky, Aaron (2014). Misbehaving Science: Controversy and the Development of Behavior Genetics. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.
  14. ^ Hirsch (Ed.), Jerry (1967). Behavior-genetic analysis. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0070290396.

External Links[edit]

Jerry Hirsch Curriculum Vita (Revised 10/26/2007) | University of Illinois Archives



Category:American psychologists Category:Behavioural sciences Category:Behavior geneticists Category:Academic journal editors Category:Comparative psychologists Category:Founders of learned societies Category:University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign faculty Category:Columbia University faculty Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni

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